Jack Chandler spent nearly a decade in Asia for global fund management firm LaSalle Investment Management, building a $12bn business with more than 200 staff across six offices. He's not done building. Chandler spoke recently with PERE about his ambitions in the region, why he's not convinced on India and the importance of selling the merits of a deal before the elevator reaches the ground floor. PERE Magazine, April 2009 issue
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PERE Magazine, April 2009 issue
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At a special breakfast meeting, PERE assembled a cross-section of industry participants to swap notes on MIPIM and their businesses. By Robin Marriott and Jonathan Brasse. PERE Magazine, April 2009 issue
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When private equity real estate firms previously considered debt origination they were primarily focused on mezzanine financing. However, increasingly attractive returns for senior positions are enticing some to climb further up the capital stack. PERE Magazine, April 2009 issue
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The Austrian firm, which has been selling direct property investments in recent times, is now closing on a large portfolio of private equity real estate fund secondaries interests. PERE Magazine, April 2009 issue
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Macquarie, Woori back $1bn South Korea fund * Bessemer adds $350m to Fund VII * DBS Private Equity establishes $100m China fund * Avigo raises $150m for India * Japanese bank buys stake in Alternative Investment Capital * Leapfrog reaches halfway to $100m target * Apax sells minority stake to GIC, Future Fund * ING's Australia-listed FoF sounds liquidity alarm * CDC commits $30m to microfinance
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PE firms vie for Korean brewer * Navis-owned Nirula's draws buyers * Venture firms invest $40 million in Chinese media group * Intel backs three UAE companies * Biotech IPO gives STIC 2x exit * INR500m infusion for Indian engineering * Investcorp writes down $95m * Babson makes Asian foray * KKR portfolio company valued at zero * ICICI's Subhiksha under investigation
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Goodwin Gaw, chairman, co-founded Gaw Capital alongside his brother Kenneth Gaw, president of the group, in 2005. Here he examines the outlook for China's real estate sector, which has seen a serious slowdown since the economic crisis began.
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The US's Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility could be good opportunity for credit investors, and a boon for portfolio companies in the commercial finance space. But private equity firms need to know what they're getting into before they participate in the programme.
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In response to a chorus of critics, and the prodding of the SEC, the FASB will issue new guidance on the use of fair value accounting.
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